THE 



SALMON FISHERIES 



or 



ENGLAND, 



1868. 



The following information is thought to be of 

 consequence to those interested in the Salmon 

 Fisheries of the United Kingdom. 



The Conservators of the Fishery Boards in 

 the various districts of England are for the most part 

 well aware of the defects of the law regarding the 

 Preservation of Salmon, but there are many who, 

 although they have a great interest in the question, 

 do not sufficiently understand the present position in 

 which their river properties stand, and it is, therefore, 

 with a view of showing these matters in their true 

 light that the following reliable information is 

 now circulated. 



In 1860 a Royal Commission "of inquiry into the 

 Salmon Fisheries of England and Wales was issued 

 with the view of increasing the supply of a valuable 



